Base-ball bat.



PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

C. H. BUEHLER.

BASE BALL BAT, ,arrmonron FILED. JULY 23.1904.

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UNITED STATEfiEATENT OFFICE. CHARLES H. 'BUEHLER, MARYS, OHIO.

' BASE- BALL B T.

Patented'Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed July 23,1904. Serial No. 217,858-

To all whom it may concern.- 1

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. BUEHLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Marys, in the county of Auglaize and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Base- Ball Bat, of which the following is a specifi sections and to arrange the grains of the sections in a predetermined relation in order that the several sections may constitute-a reinforcement for the section which is struck by the ball, thereby-to materially reduce the liability'of the bat becoming broken when strikin'g'a ball therewith. I

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and articularly pointed out in the appended c aims, it being understood that changes in, the form, proportion, size, and minor details rna be made within the scope of the claims wit out departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a base-ball bat constructed. in accordance' with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the stock prior to the turning thereof in a turning-lathe. Figs. 5, 6, and7 'are detail cross-sectional views showing modifications in the arrangement of the bat-sections.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each and every figure of the drawin s.

Ordinari y base-ball bats are formed with the grain running ,transversely in one direction only, wherefore unless care is. alwa s taken to hold the bat with the grain in t e proper position lengthwise to the direction of thebal the bat is liable to become broken when a ball is struck. thereby. In view of this disadvantage I'propose to construct a bat of a plurality of longitudinal segmental sections with the grain of each section set at an angle to the grain of the adjacent section.-

As shown inthe accompanying drawings,

1 designates a hat of common or ordinary form, which is made up of a pluralityof duplicate longitudinal segmental sections 2, which are glued together to form the polygonal sto'ck.- (Shown in Fig. .4.) In assembling the segmental sections, which are orig I j inally triangular in cross section and arranged to bring their apexes at the axial line of the stock, care should be taken that the grain of each section should extend transversely across the stock, and therefore at an angle to the grain of the two adjacent sections, whereby the sections at the front and back of the bat always present the grain longitudinally to the d1rection of the ball irrespective of the position of the bat as held by the batter. After the stock has been built up it is of course placed in a turninglathe and turned down to the-usual size and shape, when the bat is completed and in readiness for use. v

In addition to always having the grain of that ortion of the bat which is struck by the ball isposed in a direction longitudinal with respect to the movement of the ball it will be noted that no metal rods or other extraneous devices are em loyed to strengthen the bat, and therefore t e weight of the latter is not increased, and there is no departure whatsoever from the ordina form" of bat, Wherefore there are no pecullarities with which the batter must become acquainted before the bat can be successfully used.

Another important advantage of the present construction resides in the fact that should the section which is struck by the ball become broken the other sections Wlll remain intact and constitute a backing for the broken section, wherefore the effect of the hit upon the ball will be only slightly decreased.

It will be noted that the grain of each of spon mg edges thereof, while in Fig. 6 the grains of alternate sections are dis osed substantially parallel with correspon g edges of said sections, while in Fig. 5 the grain of the sections is set at' substantially corresponding angles to corresponding edges of the sections, whereby the rain of each section is disposed at an ang e with respect to the rain of each adjacent section.

Fig. 7 of the drawings illustrates another modified arrangement of bat-sections, wherein alternate sections 3 have the grain arranged at substantially right angles to tangents of the bat, While the other alternate sections 4 have the grain disposed substantially arallel with tangents.

WhHB it is preferred to arrange the grain of the sections at substantially right angles to tangents, as indicated in Figs; 3, 5, and 6, as this arrangement of grain produces the strongest form of bat, yet good results will be obtained by having the grain of only some of the sections arranged at substantially right angles to tangents, the object of the latter arrangement being to make use of the sections 4, which would otherwise be merely lost ma-- terial. Although the sections 4 are more liable to become broken than the sections 3, they are efi'ectually reinforced or backed up by the other sections, and therefore the breakin of any one of the sections 4 will not resu t in the breaking of the entire bat.

From the foregoing description 'it will be noted that the sector-sections of the bat are arranged in a predetermined relation with respect to the grain thereof. Some of the formshave the grain of each section disposed at substantia 1y r1ght angles to tangents, or, in other words, edgewise to the respective adjacent strikin -faces of the bat, while one of the.

forms has t e grain of some of the sections arranged at substantially right angles to tangents, and other sections having the grain arranged substantially parallel with tangents, wherefore it will be understood that the grain of each section -is arranged in a predeter- .mined relation with respect to tangents of the bat.

Having thus described the invention, what 7 is claimed is-'- -1. A bat formed of longitudinal sectorshaped sections with the grain thereof disposed edgewise to the respective adjacent CHARLES H. BUEHLER.

Witnesses: I

J. L. KELLY, ALEX. Vrc'ron. 

